Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-501-R1

Redraft EDU 501

Early Education Salary Rate Reserve

Messrs. Michael O. Moore and DiDomenico, Ms. Forry, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Mr. Welch, Ms. Creem, Ms. O'Connor Ives, Messrs. Lewis and Hedlund, Ms. Spilka, Ms. Chandler, Messrs. Donnelly, Eldridge and Rodrigues, Ms. Donoghue, Messrs. Brownsberger, Barrett, Wolf, Finegold, Joyce and Keenan, Ms. Candaras, Messrs. Downing and Montigny, Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Humason and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, moved that the bill be amended, in section 2, by inserting after item 1599-0026 the following item:-

“1599-0042 For a reserve to the department of early education and care to be distributed to increase reimbursement rates for center-based subsidized early education and care and for salaries, benefits and stipends for professional development of early educators or programmatic quality improvements; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to increase such reimbursement rate by an equal percentage for all such providers$9,710,356”